A few weeks ago, my daughter handed me one of her final pieces of first-grade homework. It was a memory book. On the front page, she had coloured all of the kids with brown skin. Inside, she drew a picture of herself hugging her teacher, who is Asian American. She coloured both of them with…
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” ‘Love Is A Thing That Everyone Wants’ Says Author Of The Sun Is Also A Star” (NPR)
Read moreWhat does America mean to you?” That’s a question Natasha Kingsley, threatened with deportation, must answer in The Sun Is Also a Star, a film adapted from the young adult novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon. Yoon has also thought a lot about this question. Like Natasha, she moved from Jamaica to America with her…
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“‘All American’ Showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll on the Power of Representation” (Shondaland)
Read moreNkechi Okoro Carroll is a busy woman these days, but she’s okay with that. “I operate better, I think, when I’m busy and I’m juggling multiple balls,” she tells me as we settle down in her office where she just finished meeting with Daniel Ezra, the star of All American, the CW drama Okoro Carroll executive…
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“A trailblazing filmmaker wants to make sure Native stories have their place in the American narrative” (The Media Disruptors)
Read moreWhen Joanelle Romero stepped onto the set of “The Girl Called Hatter Fox,” she made history. She was the first Native American to carry a lead role in a contemporary film, which aired on TV in 1977. It was also the first modern, Native woman story produced in the United States. Romero was born into Hollywood,…
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“As a Brit living abroad, I’ve watched Brexit unfold this week — and decided to delay my return” (Independent – UK)
Read moreReflections on the push to delay Britain’s exit from the EU — better known as Brexit Here’s an excerpt: Brexit changed that in 2016. The racial under- and overtones of the debate left people – myself included – feeling unsure and exposed. More people were being subjected to that 80s-style racism again, including some of…